The best of The Simi Sara Show - Thurs, Jan 3rd 2019

Chapter 1

🔥🔥 Hot question of the day 🔥🔥

Vote in @simisara980's 🔥 question of the day: it’s the first full day of the Nanaimo byelection campaign. @MikeSmythNews wants to know who you think will win the vote on January 30.

Tony Harris, BC Liberals

Sheila Malcolmson, BC NDP

Michele Ney, BC Greens

Another candidate

 

Chapter 2

BC politics wrap: Nanaimo by-election kicks off, and ICBC rate increase approved

Lots to talk about in the world of BC politics. Today’s the first full day of campaigning in that crucial byelection in Nanaimo. And those rate increases that ICBC announced late on a Friday afternoon just before Christmas have now been approved by the BC Utilities Commission.

Guest: Keith Baldrey

Global BC Legislative Bureau Chief

 

Chapter 3

Now the New York Times is reporting on Richmond’s ‘unscrupulous birth tourism’

On New Year’s Eve, a story ran in the New York Times from Richmond, exploring the so-called ‘birth tourism’ in the city. The paper reporting, as we have here on CKNW, that non-resident mothers account for one in five births at the Richmond Hospital.

Just before Christmas, Liberal MLA, Jas Johal, announced plans to introduce a petition to the B.C. government to address this. He joins me now…

Guest: Jas Johal

Liberal MLA for Richmond-Queensborough

 

Chapter 4

Negotiations to begin this month on new teachers’ contract

Later this month, negotiations between unions and the government are expected to begin on a new teachers’ contract, because the current deal expires this coming June. And of course, we all remember the last time around, when schools had to shut up shop because of the strikes.

Discussions this time around come against the backdrop of teacher shortages, and other problems plaguing the education sector. So what will the unions be looking for from the government when the negotiations begin?

Guest:  Glen Hansman

President of the BC Teachers’ Federation

 

Chapter 5

Nancy Pelosi not ruling out impeachment proceedings against US President, Donald Trump

Democratic House leader, Nancy Pelosi, isn't ruling out impeachment proceedings against US President Donald Trump. She says whether the party will go down that road depends on the findings of special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 election.

Sagar Meghani has more on this story from Washington DC.

Guest: Brian Kennedy

President of Can Am Consulting Group, former White House correspondent

 

Chapter 6

Nanaimo by-election campaign gets underway

They are now off and running in the Nanaimo by-election campaign, with candidates on the trail from now until January 30th. A Liberal win could tie numbers in the house and alter the provincial political landscape.

 

Guest: Glen Sanford

BC NDP strategist, working on the party’s by-election campaign in Nanaimo

Guest: Mike McDonald

Christy Clark's former campaign manager, and now a political analyst, blogger, consultant

Chapter 1

🔥🔥 Hot question of the day 🔥🔥

Vote in @simisara980's 🔥 question of the day: it’s the first full day of the Nanaimo byelection campaign. @MikeSmythNews wants to know who you think will win the vote on January 30.

Tony Harris, BC Liberals
Sheila Malcolmson, BC NDP
Michele Ney, BC Greens
Another candidate

 

Chapter 2

BC politics wrap: Nanaimo by-election kicks off, and ICBC rate increase approved

Lots to talk about in the world of BC politics. Today’s the first full day of campaigning in that crucial byelection in Nanaimo. And those rate increases that ICBC announced late on a Friday afternoon just before Christmas have now been approved by the BC Utilities Commission.

Guest: Keith Baldrey

Global BC Legislative Bureau Chief

 

Chapter 3

Now the New York Times is reporting on Richmond’s ‘unscrupulous birth tourism’

On New Year’s Eve, a story ran in the New York Times from Richmond, exploring the so-called ‘birth tourism’ in the city. The paper reporting, as we have here on CKNW, that non-resident mothers account for one in five births at the Richmond Hospital.

Just before Christmas, Liberal MLA, Jas Johal, announced plans to introduce a petition to the B.C. government to address this. He joins me now…

Guest: Jas Johal

Liberal MLA for Richmond-Queensborough

 

Chapter 4

Negotiations to begin this month on new teachers’ contract

Later this month, negotiations between unions and the government are expected to begin on a new teachers’ contract, because the current deal expires this coming June. And of course, we all remember the last time around, when schools had to shut up shop because of the strikes.

Discussions this time around come against the backdrop of teacher shortages, and other problems plaguing the education sector. So what will the unions be looking for from the government when the negotiations begin?

Guest:  Glen Hansman

President of the BC Teachers’ Federation

 

Chapter 5

Nancy Pelosi not ruling out impeachment proceedings against US President, Donald Trump

Democratic House leader, Nancy Pelosi, isn't ruling out impeachment proceedings against US President Donald Trump. She says whether the party will go down that road depends on the findings of special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 election.

Sagar Meghani has more on this story from Washington DC.

Guest: Brian Kennedy

President of Can Am Consulting Group, former White House correspondent

 

Chapter 6

Nanaimo by-election campaign gets underway

They are now off and running in the Nanaimo by-election campaign, with candidates on the trail from now until January 30th. A Liberal win could tie numbers in the house and alter the provincial political landscape.

 

Guest: Glen Sanford

BC NDP strategist, working on the party’s by-election campaign in Nanaimo

Guest: Mike McDonald

Christy Clark's former campaign manager, and now a political analyst, blogger, consultant